ALITALIA: COMPANY TO PACK UP IF STRIKES CONTINUE, SAYS MP(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Jan 25 - Any more strikes and the company will inevitably go bust according to Labour Minister Roberto Maroni. Speaking in parliament Maroni added that Alitalia has already benefited by "government's help in excess of reasonable warranties", which to Maroni suggests that the airline has to make do with "current management and the set industrial plan", which in themselves "have the potential to redress the decline and muster a recovery". Yet "for reasons purely internal" unions insist on striking causing "serious damage to the company" pushing it "on the brink of bankruptcy". Maroni thus illustrated the government's contribution: "we have allowed Alitalia workers to benefit by emergency funds which had been denied under the previous legislature; we also established a special pension funds and sorted out employment issues". (AGI)

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